Dwarka Sector 21 metro station

The Dwarka Sector 21 metro station is located on the Blue Line of the Delhi Metro. This station was built as an extension together with Dwarka Sector 8 in order to serve Dwarka residents better and provide interchange with the Delhi Airport Express. It was designed by Absolute Architecture. The station was inaugurated on 30 October 2010 after the completion of successful trials and approval from the railway inspector.[1][2]

Dwarka Sector 21 द्वारका सेक्टर 21
Delhi Metro station
Left and Right side view of Dwarka Sector 21 metro station.
General information
Location	Sector 21, Dwarka, New Delhi
Coordinates	28°33′8.4564″N 77°3′29.0354″E
Line(s)	Blue Line Airport Express
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	7.07 meters
Platform levels	2
Parking	2 Parking lots
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	DSTO
History
Opened	30 October 2010 (2010-10-30) (Blue Line) 23 February 2011 (2011-02-23) (Airport Express)
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Terminus Blue Line Dwarka Sector 8 towards Noida Electronic City or Vaishali Airport Express IGI Airport towards New Delhi Future service IICC - Dwarka Sector 25 Terminus Airport Express (extension by 2023) IGI Airport towards New Delhi
Route map Noida Electronic City Noida Sector 62 Noida Sector 59 Noida Sector 61 Noida Sector 52 Aqua Line Noida Sector 34 Noida City Centre Golf Course Botanical Garden Magenta Line Noida Sector 18 Vaishali Noida Sector 16 Kaushambi Noida Sector 15 Uttar Pradesh Delhi border Pink Line Anand Vihar New Ashok Nagar Pink Line Karkarduma Mayur Vihar Extension Preet Vihar Mayur Vihar-I Pink Line Nirman Vihar Nizamuddin Bridge over National Highway 24 Laxmi Nagar Akshardham Yamuna Bank Yamuna River Indraprastha Ring Road Indian Railways Supreme Court Tilak Marg/ITO Mandi House Violet Line Barakhamba Road Rajiv Chowk Yellow Line Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Jhandewalan Ridge Road Karol Bagh Rajendra Place Patel Nagar Shadipur Indian Railways Kirti Nagar Green Line Satguru Ram Singh Marg Moti Nagar Ramesh Nagar Ring Road Rajouri Garden Pink Line Tagore Garden Subhash Nagar Tilak Nagar Janakpuri East Outer Ring Road Janakpuri West Magenta Line Uttam Nagar East Uttam Nagar West Nawada Dwarka Mor Dwarka Grey Line Dwarka Sector 14 Dwarka Sector 13 Dwarka Sector 12 Dwarka Sector 11 Dwarka Sector 10 Dwarka Sector 9 Dwarka Sector 8 Dwarka Sector 21 Airport Express Indian Railways New Delhi Yellow Line Shivaji Stadium Delhi Ring Railway Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus Pink Line Dhaula Kuan Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway Delhi Aerocity Silver Line IGI Airport Dwarka Sector 21 Blue Line Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector - 25
Location

Interchange to the Delhi Airport Express are available. Besides serving as a station for the Delhi Metro, the upper levels of the building has been rented out and converted into the a mall, called Pacific D21 Mall. The building consists of the station on the underground levels and the mall and commercials activities on the remaining upper two levels including the ground floor which largely consist of the station premises with the remaining space being covered by mall rent-outs. It will also be the first Delhi Metro station to feature hotel rooms within the complex.[3]

As of August 2014 it had the largest rooftop solar plant in the city. Through this plant, the DMRC plans to produce power for all operations at Dwarka Sector 21 station. The plant has a capacity of 500 kW, and is the largest of its kind in NCR under the Renewable Energy Service model and is a result of cooperation between DMRC and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through 'ComSolar', a project that supports commercialization of solar energy in India.[4]

This station has been installed with platform screen doors on the Airport Express line.